Hoʻopiha nā kahawai a me nā mahana i nā mokupuni i ka noi
ʻO'Okinawa ka māhele o kaʻaoʻao hema loa o Iapana. ʻO ke kohoʻana he 160 mau mokupuni ia, i hoʻoʻauheʻeʻia ma kahi o kahi 350 mile. ʻO nā wahi nuiʻo Okinawa Honto (ka mokupuni nui o'Okinawa),ʻo Kerama Shoto (Kerama Islands),ʻo Kumejima (Kume Island), Miyako Shoto (nā Miyako Islands) a me Yaeyama Shoto.
ʻO ka Paradise Paradise
ʻO kahi heluna kanaka e kokoke ana i 1.4 miliona ka poʻe i noho ma 466 mau mileʻehā o ka'āina i hoʻolahalahaʻia ma kēia mau mokupuni.
Noho ka poʻe i kahi kokoke i kahi hoʻolālā kūwaho, kahi o ka mahana he 73.4 ka lōʻihi F (23.1 C) aʻo kekahi mau kau ua hoʻokahi mai ka mahina mua o Mei a waenakonu- aiʻole hope o Iune. I ka lā,ʻauʻau lākou i nā waiʻeleʻele mai ke kahakai ākea; ma ka pō eʻai lākou i ka'ōmaʻa hou ma lalo o nā hōkū lani. ʻO kēia mau mokupuni paradisiakala i ke kai hikinaʻo China ma waena o Taiwan a me ka'āinaʻo Iapana, kahi kahi i moe ai nā mea he nui.
ʻO ka Mokupuni Kūlana
Ma ka palapala'āina,ʻo nā mokupuni nui o'Okinawa e nānā i kahi liʻiliʻi e like me kahi huelo lōʻihi lōʻihi mai kaʻaoʻao hema o Iapana e lele i ka hema. Aiaʻo Naha, ke poʻokela, i ka waenakonu o ka hui ma kaʻaoʻaoʻo'Okinawa Honto, ka mokupuni nui loa. ʻO Kume, iʻikeʻia he moku moku'āina i nā kahakai nani, he 60 mile ma ke komohana o'Okinawa Honto. E nānā i kahi 180 mile ma ke komohana hema o'Okinawa Honoto aʻikeʻoe i ka mokupuniʻo Miyako. ʻO ka mokupuniʻekolu o ka moku'āinaʻo Ishigaki ma ka 250 mile ma ke komohana hema o'Okinawa Honto; ʻO ka mokupuni liʻiliʻi o Taketomijima kahi e piʻi ai iā Ishigaki.
E hahai i kēia laina i ke komohana o ka Mokupuniʻo Ishigaki, a aiaʻo Iriomote Island, ka lua o ka nui ma kaʻoihana o'Okinawa.
ʻO ke aupuniʻo Ryukyu
Wahi like me nāʻaoʻao'ē aʻe o Iapana, nā mokupuni o'Okinawa ko lākou moʻolelo iho. He mau haneli mau makahiki i hala, ua nohoʻia e nā Ryukyu; mai ke kenekulia 15, ua ulu ka Mō'ī Ryukyu no nā makahiki he 400.
Ua laweʻo Iapana, ua hoʻokomo i nā Ryukyu i loko o kona huilaʻi a i ka makahiki 1879, hoʻololiʻia ka inoa o nā mokupuni i kaʻoihana o'Okinawa. I ka wā o ke Kaua Honua II ma ke kaua kaulana o'Okinawa, ua komo nā maka'āinana i ka hakakā. ʻO'Okinawa ka mea i mālamaʻia e ka US Army mai ka hopena o ka WWII a hiki i 1972. I kēia mau lā, e mau ana ke kahua paʻa o nā pūʻali koa US i'Okinawa. A mālama nā kānaka i nā kuʻuna he nui o ke aupuni Ryukyu, mai ka 'ōlelo a me ke mele.
Ke ala i Naha
Aia ma kahi mamao loa ka holoʻana mai nā kūlanakauhale nuiʻo Iapana iā Naha. Ma ka lewa, heʻelua a me ka hapalua hola mai ka hōkeleʻo Tokyo Haneda a meʻelua paha hora mai Kansai Airport / Osaka International Airport (Itami) i ka Naha Airport,ʻoiai e loaʻa ana nā moku mai nā kūlanakauhale'ē aʻe o Iapana iā Naha. ʻO Yui Rail, kahi hana pilikino o Naha, e holo ana ma waena o Naha Airport a me Shuri, he moku o Naha ke aupuni aliʻi mua o ka Mō'ī Ryukyu. ʻO nā wahi kaulana loa o ka Ryukus 'heyday, e like me ka Castle Shuri-ka hale aliʻi o ka Mō'īʻo Ryukyu mai ka makahiki 1429 a hiki i 1879-e noho mau i kahi Palapala Hoʻoilina o UNESCO.